The Tension Between LIBERTY & SLAVERY At America's Founding | Edward Larson

<p>Edward Larson is a lawyer, historian, professor, and Pulitzer-Prize winning author. </p><p>A distinguished professor at Pepperdine University, his most recent work, American Inheritance explores the tension between liberty and slavery in America’s founding era. </p><p>In this episode, Professor Larson and I discuss: </p><p>The importance of April 19th, the day on which the American Revolution formally began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord; The reasons why the American Revolutionary War was fought; If we’re deserving of our inheritance of freedom; The merits of the NYT’s 1619 Project; Did the colonists revolt in order to preserve the institution of slavery?; George Washington’s pear-shaped body; Benjamin Franklin’s swimming routine; The Boston Massacre; Crispus Attucks; John Adams; The use of Propaganda–from the Founding up through the modern day; The Constitution–should we like it? Dislike it? The Scopes Monkey Trial; Transgenderism, Climate Change, and abortion: The great Scientific-Moral debates of our age…</p><p>And MUCH more! </p><p>Links to Professor Larson’s stuff: </p><p>His latest: American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795: Larson, Edward J.: 9780393882209: Amazon.com: Books</p><p>His Pulitzer-Prize winning book about the Scopes Trial: Amazon.com: Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion (Audible Audio Edition): Edward J. Larson, Brian Troxell, Hachette Audio: Audible Books &amp; Originals</p><p>His excellent work on George Washington: Amazon.com: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789: 9780062248671: Larson, Edward J.: Books</p><p>+++</p><p>Links to my Stuff: </p><p><br>Website: finneranswake.com</p><p>Instagram (where I post shorts and occasional shirtless videos): https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/</p><p>YouTube: @finneranswake</p><p>MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION, AND SLEEP AID CHANNEL: PNEUMA BY DANIEL FINNERAN</p><p>For those of you in need of mindfulness meditations, sleep stori